Sometimes. A lot of people have pretty well-defined values, though, and stay in iffy situations out of uncertainty and loss aversion. Even if the expected value

Sometimes. A lot of people have pretty well-defined values, though, and stay in iffy situations out of uncertainty and loss aversion. Even if the expected value of a radical uprooting and redo is positive, the potencial downside -- alienation? depression? loss of function? -- can be extreme.